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Skriven 2013-05-23 05:21:00 av DAVE DRUM (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Heating and Cooling
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-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 RH> We keep ours in the upper 70s in the summer, lower 70s during the
 RH> winter. In the summer we want the AC to run enough to keep the humidity
 RH> down.

 DD> I've got ceiling fans in the computer area and the bedroom (the areas
 DD> where I spend the majority of my time) and a stand-up 22" (I think)

 RH> We've got ceiling fans in the living room, computer room, sewing room &
 RH> bed room. (The middle 2 listed are in theory bed rooms but in our
 RH> house, repurposed otherwise.) They do help but I've got to make sure my
 RH> pattern pieces don't blow away when I'm laying out a project.

I use the reverse switch on mine - push air toward the ceiling in the warm
months and toward the floor in the cool/cold months. It seems counter-intuitive
.. but, my brother Phil, who is an HVAC professional told me it works best that
way - and he's right. I used to help my mother by cutting out patterns and
pinning them to the material sometimes. I can relate to the flimsiness of the
tissue-like patterns.
 
 DD> Oddly I have never had a problem with frozen pipes here. I have more
 DD> insulation under the floors than the rest of the place - which has
 DD> about 2 1/2 inches of glass fibre Pink Panther insulation in the walls
 DD> and between the roof and ceiling tiles. And a LOT of leaky (air wise)
 DD> windows in the walls.

 RH> The nature of a mobile home--lots of drafts and cold floors. We lived
 RH> in one (a small doublewide) for a few years; it was always an energy
 RH> sucker.

I can go along with the drafts. If I were not shopping for a new (different)
mobile home I'd get on the LIHEAP Weatherisation list. My friend, Dennis, did
that a couple years ago and they replaced all of his windows, which knocked his
heating/cooling cost down by more than a third. I haven't had a problem with
cold floors - during a few *VERY* cold (for Illinois) winters.
 
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Magic Window Cookies
 Categories: Cookies, Desserts, Snacks
      Yield: 6 Dozen
 
      1 c  Sugar
    3/4 c  Shortening (part butter)
      2    Eggs
      1 ts Vanilla
           +=OR=+
    1/2 ts Lemon extract
  2 1/2 c  All-purpose flour
      1 ts Baking powder
      1 ts Salt
      5    Rolls hard candy; Lifesavers
 
  Mix sugar, shortening, eggs and vanilla. Stir in flour,
  baking powder and salt. Cover and refrigerate at least 1
  hour. Roll dough 1/8" thick on a lightly floured cloth
  covered board. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters.
  Place cookies on aluminum foil-covered cookie sheet. Cut
  out designs from cookies using smaller cutters or your
  own patterns. Place whole or partially crushed candy in
  cutouts, depending on size and shape of design. To crush
  candy, place between paper towels and tap lightly.
  
  As candy melts easily, leave pieces as large as possible).
  If cookies are to be hung, make a hole in each 1/4" from
  top with end of plastic straw.
  
  Heat oven to 375øF/190øC.
  
  Bake until cookies are very light brown and candy is
  melted, 7-9 min. If candy has not filled out cutout design,
  immediately spread with metal spatula. Cool completely on
  cookie sheet. Gently remove cookies.
  
  About 6 dozen 3" cookies.
  
  Recipe by: CHRISTMAS COOKBOOK
  
  Recipe from: http://www.recipesource.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

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